![]() ![]() I am also thankful to the Springer-Verlag for offering to publish this edited volume with interest in their Geo-Science series. ![]() That helped us not only to identify and contact the leading experts in this field, but also to spend a highly beneficial and stimulating week in interacting and exchanging thoughts and experiences Therefore as a first step we organized an international meeting on the same topic: Tsunami & Nonlinear Waves in Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Calcutta (March 6-10, 2006). This was in spite of the fact that the results obtained through conventional studies are not all convincing and conclusive and in spite of a group of internationally well known experts, as evident from the present volume, have long been emphasizing on the importance of nonlinearity in this regard. The other motivation was the realization that, though a large mass of literature is already devoted to Tsunami and related topics, no consolidated collective study has been dedicated to nonlinear aspects of Tsunami and other oceanic waves. In contrast to the conventional linear theory of Tsunami, our emphasis on nonlinearity is in part related to my own conviction for its need, especially for describing the near-shore evolution of the waves with varying depth. (CAMCS) of our Institute, specially my colleague Prof Bikas Chakrabarti enthusiastically supported the idea and came along with the support of a generous fund. I as a scientist working in India and interested in nonlinear dynamics, soliton and related phenomena, decided to contribute by organizing a dedicated effort by world experts to study different aspects of the Tsunami and other oceanic waves with special emphasis on the nonlinear connection of this problem. All of us were shocked saddened and felt helpless, wanted to do something in accordance to our own ability. It was the killer Tsunami, that originated its journey at the epicenter of the earthquake (of intensity 9.2) near Banda Aceh in Indonesia and traveled as long as to Port Elizabeth in South Africa, covering a distance of more than 8,000 km and bringing unprecedented devastation to the countries like Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India and others. Unimaginable catastrophe struck the coasts of Indian Ocean in the morning of January 26, 2004, wiping out more than 275,000 human life at a stroke from the face of the earth. In memory of those died on Decemin the Indian Ocean Tsunami Cover design: deblik, Berlin Typesetting: camera-ready by the editor Production: Christine Adolph Printing: Krips bv, Meppel Binding: Stürtz GmbH, Würzburg Printed on acid-free paper in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Springer is a part of Springer Science+Business Media © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007 The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer-Verlag. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Library of Congress Control Number: 2007921989 ISBN-13ĩ78-5-8 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York ANJAN KUNDU Theory Group & Centre for Applied Mathematics and Computational Science Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics Sector 1, Block AF, Bidhan Nagar Calcutta 700064 India e-mail: ![]()
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